Oshrat

"Asherat" redirects here. For the place in Chitral District, Pakistan, see Ashret.
Oshrat
אָשְׁרַת
Hebrew transcription(s)
  official Asherat
Oshrat
Coordinates: 32°58′17.76″N 35°9′19.44″E / 32.9716000°N 35.1554000°E / 32.9716000; 35.1554000Coordinates: 32°58′17.76″N 35°9′19.44″E / 32.9716000°N 35.1554000°E / 32.9716000; 35.1554000
Council Mateh Asher
Affiliation HaMerkaz HaHakla'i
Founded 1983
Population (2014)[1] 471

Oshrat (Hebrew: אָשְׁרַת) is a communal settlement in northern Israel. Located to the south-east of Nahariya and just north of Kafr Yasif, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. In 2014 it had a population of 471.

The village was established in 1983 as an expansion of moshav Amka.

Etymology

Oshrat is a variation of the word Asher, the tribe on the lands of which the village stands. The founders used the word construction of Biblical names like Osnat, Tzafnat, etc.[2]

References

  1. 2014 populations Israel Central Bureau of Statistics
  2. HaReuveni, Immanuel (1999). Lexicon of the Land of Israel (in Hebrew). Miskal - Yedioth Ahronoth Books and Chemed Books. p. 71. ISBN 965-448-413-7.
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